"We can do something this year that we were completely incapable of doing last year," Baroness's John Baizley tells NPR in the accompanying interview which goes on to describe Yellow & Green as "a lyrically introspective and musically expansive work" and says "there's an embarrassment of melodic and riff-based riches" on the double-album. The East Coast band is also currently profiled on Pitchfork (http://pitchfork.com/features/show-no-mercy/8886-longform/) and are on the covers of Decibel and Hails & Horns Magazines.

Baroness is currently in Europe for a seven-week tour with upcoming performances at Pukkelpop and the Oya Festival. The band's next U.S. date is a free show at the House of Vans in Brooklyn on Aug. 29. Tour dates are: